Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Food Network Star, Giada De Laurentiis comes to the Baltimore area
on Sunday, April 1st for a book signing. The granddaughter of film
producer Dino De Laurentiis, Giada was born in Rome into their large
Italian family and eventually attended Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. An Emmy
winner, Giada has grown her brand over the past 10 years with cooking
and travel shows.

Friday, February 24, 2012

What’s on your food agenda for this weekend? Does Friday night
constitute the weekend? Too me it does, so here is tonight’s pick, the
airing of the Cafe Hon's Kitchen Nighmare's
episode on channel 45 at 8 p.m. Sneak peeks at the episode have been
aired, check out the video below. Some say this was a brave thing for
Whiting to do, some say otherwise – either way, tune in.

Saturday night there are two choices as diverse as they can be and if you time it correctly you can do both.

Monday, February 20, 2012

If you have been to any of the farmers markets in the Baltimore area you
have met Eula McDowell and hopefully tasted any one of her Savory Bean Soups and Nikki Lewis with her trip down sweet street Mallow Crunchies
(formerly Mallow Munchies). A dream, a vision, a belief and a strong
following has led both these culinary nomads to their own permanent
homes opening this week.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Our pick for the gala of the week is AIRS
11th annual Oscar Night Baltimore Gala at Pazo Restaurant on Sunday
February 26th. Dress to dazzle, walk the red carpet, dine and dance all
to benefit CitySteps, a supportive housing program for homeless and
unstably housed youth ages 14-24.

Have fun, hire a limo and bring your posse all decked out and ready to party!!!!

i’m always on the hunt for a great meal for a cost effective price. Not
the chain 2 full dinners for $20, a good meal, a quality meal. Well
here is one for you. Chef Anisha Jagtap, Baltimore Burger Bar in
Hampden is showing her creativity, skill and love for food with her
chef’s tasting menu this Tuesday, February 21st – five courses and an
amuse bouche for $25. It is BYOB and of course there will be tax and
gratuity.

Wondering what to do on this Sunday afternoon? Do I have a suggestion
for you. Pull the computer chair closer to the screen bubbala while I
fill you in. You like to cook and you like to eat – you can’t go wrong.
Learn a bisel, nosh a bisel – what fun you can have today!

Monday, February 13, 2012

Out of the 365 days a year, the one day I expect chocolate is
Valentine’s Day. In fact, I tweeted to my husband “ @daracooks says
@thomasbunjon Valentine’s Day = Chocolate.” A number of my tweet
buddies asked about lobster, they know about my love of lobster. Lobster
is for the other 364 days a year.

In actuality, the husband took me to Salt Tavern on Friday night for an early Valentine’s Day dinner to avoid the crush of the holiday.

The Restaurant Association of Maryland has tallied all your suggestions
for the 2012 Annual Awards Gala that is being held Monday, April 16th at
Martin’s West. They have narrowed each category down to five nominees
and you get to vote for your favorites. New categories this year that
takes a look at favorite food truck and craft brew programs.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Probably one of the most controversial Baltimore restaurateurs,
Denise Whiting of Cafe Hon put herself and restaurant up for national
scrutiny when in November; Chef Gordon Ramsay came into Hampden to film
Kitchen Nightmares. This episode might be a bit different than most Kitchen Nightmareepisodes because there were fences to be mended, public relations fences.

Hot off Denise Whiting’s Facebook page and onto your TV schedule, the
Cafe Hon episode will air Friday, February 24th at 8 p.m.

Monday, February 06, 2012

I have been subscribing to John Mariani's dining reviews for a number of years and even have his The Dictionary of Italian Food and Drink
as one of my desktop references. There is no doubt that Mariani is
considered an expert on Italian dining and Italian wines, good enough to
write for Esquire Magazine.Hot off the Web

Mariani's review City on the Harbor: Baltimore takes a
broad stroke look at Baltimore's history, our symphony, our film makers
Waters and Levinson, a look back at restaurants that have come and gone,
the chain restaurants of Harbor Place and more specifically at dining
in Little Italy.

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

I guess the first thing to define is an underground dinner, usually in
someone’s home, under the radar of zoning and health codes, it’s like a
private supper club but you pay. Caterer and personal chef Beej Flamholtz
is above board with his licensed catering business. He kicked off his
underground dinners this past week by creating a five course tasting
menu for those in the know. Read the full story and check out the slideshow HERE.

Intrigued by the cookbook title, Off The Menu – staff meals from America’s top restaurants,
I requested a review copy. If you have ever worked in a restaurant, and
that is a great number of you, do you remember your staff meals? For
me, my favorite staff meal was at Hoang’s Seafood Grille with a bowl of
fish head soup. Possibly that might not be your favorite but it was
mine.

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